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Who will come out on top? That's the question we put to our writers on the Record Sport desk.

Here's what they had to say...

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Keith Jackson

Rangers have their tails up going into this game and little wonder. This is arguably the most balanced and threatening team they’ve had since Walter Smith was winning the title back in 2011. Celtic on the other hand, are miles below the standards they set for themselves last season.

But here’s the rub. Brendan Rodgers needs only to squeeze one big 90 minutes out of these players and it should be good enough to slap their rivals back down a peg or two. I’m taking the champions to sneak it by the odd goal in three.

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Craig Swan

Rangers go into the game full of confidence, but Celtic are still the best team in the country and, despite not being at their best, will be tough to beat. The last game at New Year finished a draw and this could go the same way.

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Gordon Parks

It’ll be close but no cigar for Rangers against a Celtic side which continues to have a significant edge when it comes to quality.

Scott Sinclair can use this platform to start hitting the heights of last season and it’s the defensive frailties from both teams which will be once again exposed in a game which should be more explosive than the last stalemate.

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Euan McLean

Confidence is high in Rangers’ ranks on the back of six straight wins but this will be an altogether tougher test. While Celtic are fragile at the back, they still have an abundance of players who can boss big games so if Gers come away from this with a draw they’ll have reason to be satisfied. Finishing second is still their biggest priority.

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Gavin Berry

Despite Rangers’ new-found confidence the feeling still seems to be that if Celtic turn up then they will win but that remains a big if. Providing they can keep the Hoops out then, with the crowd behind them, Gers have enough going forward to win the game.

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Gary Ralston

The mouth music out of Ibrox this last couple of weeks hasn’t lacked confidence and Rangers are less stereotypical under Graeme Murty.

But Celtic are still the standard bearers. Rangers are improving, but the reigning champions will seize the opportunity to prove they remain a distance ahead of their Glasgow rivals.

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Michael Gannon

It's going to be a basketball match. Neither side look particularly secure at the back when put under pressure and both are stronger going forward.

Celtic have been able to cruise in this fixture but won’t have it all their own way this weekend. A draw would also suit the champions but it could be a heck of a scrap before they get it.

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David McCarthy

Graeme Murty hasn’t lost to Celtic yet and with his team playing their best football of the season, I don’t see that record ending tomorrow. If Jamie Murphy makes it, his team will have enough firepower from middle to front to trouble the weakest area of Celtic’s team. Of course, with Moussa Dembele hitting form and James Forrest playing out of his skin, Celtic aren’t short of quality up front either and this one won’t finish 0-0.

When the dust settles, though, I suspect Rangers might just have done enough to hand the Hoops their third defeat of the season.

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Anthony Haggerty

On recent form rejuvenated Rangers under Graeme Murty rightfully feel in a confident mood going into this one. However there is a big game mentality about this Celtic team under Brendan Rodgers and whilst both teams will score the Hoops will triumph and end all talk of a Premiership title race.